Theory and Design for Mechanical Measurements
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ISBN: 9781118881279
Author: Richard S. Figliola, Donald E. Beasley
Publisher: WILEY
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Chapter 1, Problem 1.42P
Suggest a reasonable number of significant digits for reporting the following common values, and give some indication of your reasoning:
- Your body weight for a passport
- A car’s fuel usage (use liters per 100km)
- The weight of a standard (“Good Delivery”) bar of pure (at least 99.5%) gold
- Distance (meters) traveled by a body in 1 second if moving at 1 m/s
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